Security through Obscurity

Surgeon General David Satcher was on The Diane Rehm Showthis morning. His office just released a report urging a moretotal sexual health/ sexual responsibility/ sexual education approachin this country. One of the questions he addressed this morning ishow we compare to the countries with the most progressive sexualeducation programs. The answer (*shocker*) is that we are far worseoff. The most active sex-ed countries are Germany, France, andNetherlands. We have five times the _per_capita_ teen pregnancyas Germany or France and ten times that of Netherlands. We alsohave a hugely disproportionate _rate_ of abortion.

In computer security, there is a common phrase:

Security through obscurity isn't.

If you think it's safe just because you think no one knows where itis or what it is, you're wrong.